CSSANZ congratulates Prof Margaret Schnitzler AO, Dr Elizabeth Murphy AM & Prof Michael Solomon AM on their recognition in the King's Birthday Honours 2026. A proud moment for colorectal surgery. 🎉 #KingsBirthdayHonours #OrderOfAustralia

@earlytnt has recently crossed the halfway mark for recruitment! More updates in Newsletter #7 ⤵️

We are honored to welcome Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as this year’s Norman D. Nigro, MD Lectureship speaker at #ASCRS26. Dr. Bertagnolli has recently been elected President of the National Academy of Medicine, a distinction that underscores her extraordinary leadership and impact across medicine. Join us Sunday, May 10 at the Tampa Convention Center for her lecture, “The Geography of Health.” This is a featured session you will not want to miss. Add it to your meeting schedule: bit.ly/4kZ1vwz Learn more about her election: bit.ly/4kRFGim

Register today for ESCP’s 21st Scientific Meeting in Prague 🇨🇿 Early bird registration rates are now available. 📅 23–25 September 2026 📍 Prague Congress Centre Together, we’re #ShapingTheNext20Years. 🔗 Register here 👉 escp.eu.com/conference-and-e…

⚠️IMPORTANT: Your Voice, Our Future⚠️ CSSANZ Members — you should have received our short strategic survey via REDCap. Your feedback will help shape our priorities for the next 3 years. The survey is open for 3 weeks. Please check your inbox (and Junk/Promotions folders).

EARLY-TNT is a trial assessing the efficacy of TNT in achieving cCR and organ preservation in patients with early rectal cancer. It is open across Aus & NZ, with grant funding on the way in 2026 to support our sites! 🇦🇺🇳🇿 It's not too late to join the study, get in touch!

Emergency colorectal surgery undertaken by specialized colorectal surgeons is associated with reduced postoperative mortality and lower rates of stoma formation. @CSSANZORG

🩺 New! ESCP Guides for Patients Reliable, easy-to-understand information about colorectal diseases and procedures — all in one place. Each guide also includes a quick-read leaflet you can view, download, or print. Created by Y-ESCP specifically to assist in your practice and aid informed decision making.   @JanColpaert1 @ZGaroufalia @blancamontcusi @SofiaXenaki Translations are on the way, so even more patients will be able to benefit soon. Empower your health with trusted knowledge. 🔗escp.eu.com/patients #ESCP #PatientCare #ColorectalHealth

🌍 What a year for ESCP! From congress sessions to masterclasses, research initiatives and international collaborations — our global community of colorectal surgeons continues to grow stronger. Thank you to everyone who contributed, shared, learned, and connected across the world. Explore more about our Global Reach Committee ➡️ escp.eu.com/global-reach #ESCP #ColorectalSurgery #GlobalSurgery

As we transition into a digital-only platform, be sure to save #DCRJournal on your phone for an app-like experience! Read how to below and learn more here: bit.ly/3JlWRKc

Check out our final newsletter for 2025. Looking forward to a big 2026!

There are some things you can do in everyday life to reduce your risk of bowel cancer: Maintain a healthy weight, be physically active, eat a diet high in fibre with less processed meat and red meat, avoid alcohol and smoking and take part in screening. bit.ly/4hCj9Ew

🕐 Less than 8️⃣ weeks to go! 🌟 Clinical Research 🌟 Audit 🌟 Service Improvement 🌟 Innovation We accept it all! 📝 Submit your abstract for #ACPGBI2026 before 2 Feb! ➡️bit.ly/ACPGBI_Abstracts2026

EARLY-TNT is officially international, opening at its first site in New Zealand! Big congrats to the Colorectal team @WaikatoDHB

Bridging Nations Through Humanity: From Gallipoli to Modern Surgery. @TSCRS_TR • CSSANZ Joint Gallipoli Symposium on Proctology. tscrs-cssanz.org/

Bowel Cancer Australia is pleased to offer a $3 million grant over five years for an Early-Onset Bowel Cancer Centre of Research Excellence. The purpose in funding an Early-Onset Bowel Cancer Centre of Research Excellence is to create a focal point of expertise, that fosters and facilitates national collaborative research endeavours focused on the cause (aetiology) of the increase in early-onset bowel cancer. Bowel Cancer Australia is excited to be collaborating with the National Health and Medical Research Council @NHMRC through the Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) scheme to improve health outcomes and promote or improve translation of research outcomes into policy and/or practice for early-onset bowel cancer.   Applications are now open via GrantConnect grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid…   For all enquiries, please contact the NHMRC at help@nhmrc.gov.au. We look forward to working closely with the successful applicant.

Super-energized opening of the @escp_tweets @ASCRS_1 @ACPGBI @CSSANZORG @RACSurgeons @RoySocMed Tripartite Colorectal Meeting by @AntoninoSpin welcoming a record breaking >3000 delegates in Paris

Did you know...#escp25 👉It's the 20th birthday of ESCP 🎉🥳🎂 👉The first Tripartite meeting was in 1969 👉It's called Tripartite but it's now an alliance of 6 Societies! 👉We are having a Global impact together 🌍 👉Collaboration is improving quality, education & #research

📢 Live from #Tripartite2025 in Paris! Proud to see so many CSSANZ Members contributing at this international meeting. 👉 View the full list here: cssanz.org/Common/Uploaded%2… 👋Visit us at our booth in the Tripartite Village. #ESCP25 @escp_tweets @CSSANZorg @Tripartite25

Who is getting ready for #Tripartite2025?